What's not to like?
That's all. A moment of silence please.
Last weekend was Labor Day weekend and so we had the annual Chalk-It-Up event in downtown Sacramento. I swung by and had a look. Fortunately for you, so did my friend and fellow blogger Steve White. Check out his site for the real deal. (Steve was clever enough to take a camera.)
I'm not sure what it means, but from the NYTimes (still the newspaper of record - sorry about that.) comes this PDF that displays statistics of dubious merit.If you have a Times account, the article is here.
Here's another one I'm sure I've posted about before but can't easily find.Drag this link b/w to the toolbar of your browser. Then, when you visit sites that look like this:http://www.macalope.com/orhttp://daringfireball.net/click the b/w link you've got sitting in your toolbar and you can actually read the site!
Installing Google Pack on my Windows Environment running on my (work purchased) MacBook. It's the cheapest way to get virus detection that I know of...
I'm sure I've linked to this before. It's a java application (that runs in a web browser, hence a 'web app', but I digress) that tells you how popular a name was over time. That is, how frequently did someone give their kid a specific name."Lee" peaked in the 1900s and is hardly used these days.
Republicans for Cut and RunAnd the first Republican to cut and run...
REAGAN: But that is no reason to turn our backs on friends and to cut and run. If we do, we'll be sending one signal to terrorists everywhere. They can gain by waging war against innocent people.ROBERTS: Yet only three days later, the president would order the Marines out. No speeches this time. The announcement was handed out, as Reagan landed in California, to go on vacation at his ranch.